I allowed myself some recreation today, and so decided to become better acquainted with Hester. First though, out to the cooking school space to make (Molesworth stringy bark) honey mead. It's sitting here between jars of medlar liqueur in the making). Next - on to two different types of spiced apples. I thought they would … Continue reading Hester’s Baking Day – apples and more

Building a wood fired oven, pizza and brewing class here yesterday, with lovely, lovely people who came along. It was Herman the bread oven's time to take a turn at cooking. We think that Robert baked about 30 pizzas in all, maybe more in the end, when friends dropped in later in the afternoon and … Continue reading Building a wood fired oven, pizza and brewing class

Now I am all for super foods, I know they are great. However, they are not of much nutritional value if people don't like and won't eat them. Kale is one such example. I know some people like it and have ingenious ways to cook it, but I am not one of them. However, I … Continue reading All hail kale, super food

OK, so after a few AMAZING days at the judging of the Tasmanian Fine Food Awards, it's back home and baking/cooking. I have to say I am delighted with Hester the new heater  - every day when I arrived home the house was toasty warm. Plus, I barely turn on the electric cooktop or oven … Continue reading The new oven

There was something not quite right in the household a couple of days ago. Truffles and Poppy the Puppy were not at all impressed that the wood heater wasn't alight. They are obviously fond of their creature comforts (if you will pardon the pun). They sulked all morning, but all was to be well by … Continue reading New things afoot

There's no rest for the jam pans over winter, lots and lots to do. First there was sauerkraut day. Last year I only made a few jars full, not nearly enough. Last week I bought 3 of the most beautiful cabbages for the purpose from SHV wholesalers. They were HUGE - each well over 4kg, … Continue reading Cabbages everywhere …..

Here is the link to a recent video of our little cooking school and property here. (Hannah Gadsby is a legend!) http://www.news.com.au/features/hannah-gadsby-and-sally-wise-do-paddock-to-plate-nlmd-1509-tourismtasmania

A Making and Baking Yeast Goods class here last Sunday. What a cold, foggy, frosty day it was! The usual coffee and cake, which generally precedes a class by way of welcome, gave way to a slow cooker full of pea and ham soup, accompanied by fresh baked little, overnight ferment, wholemeal rolls (served with … Continue reading Making and Baking Yeast Goods class

My goodness. Some of the many moods of Molesworth are on display this morning. We woke up to minus 2 degrees and severe frost. However, suddenly, about half and hour ago and within a matter of minutes, the fog lifted and the frost is now all but gone. It's always such an impressive sight as … Continue reading On a Molesworth cold and frosty morning

What do you do when life hands you two freezers' breaking down in the space of a week? We've had just such a circumstance and oh dear, what a conundrum. Thankfully with the cold weather, the contents of the freezers remained solid frozen for more than 48 hours until we bought another freezer, albeit smaller … Continue reading Chilly (chilli) weather